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...prospects are grim...
...Grim predictability...
Remember when computers used to be cool? Deep inside One Infinite Loop, the Silicon Valley address of Apple Computer's Industrial Design Lab, they still are. Never mind that the Valley is a grim place these days and that the gold rush has given way to the deep funk. Forget that the Internet bubble has burst, and that Ma and Pa investors across America are wearing a what-were-we-thinking? grimace of fiscal remorse. Right here, right now, sitting on a butcher-block table, bathed in the sunlight that pours in through spyproof frosted-glass windows, is--repeat after...
...loved one has a heart that's failing or kidneys that are giving out, you already know the grim statistics on transplants. A new organ can turn a death sentence into a full and healthy life--but the supply of replacement body parts lags far behind the demand. According to the nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing, which maintains the nation's transplant waiting lists, nearly 80,000 patients in the U.S. alone are standing by for new organs--and more than 5,000 people die each year before their turn comes...
...Meanwhile, in Florida, Bishop's crash left local authorities haunted by what-ifs: What if Bishop had taken his plane down in a crowded area? What if he had wanted to kill scores of people? The grim fact is that he probably could have done both. Although a Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched and its pilots told Bishop to land, the teenager ignored the commands and crashed the plane. Scrambled F-15 fighter jets reached the scene only after the plane hit the building...